Oct 12, 2011

Door Knob Photo Holders

I feel I got lucky, because my 1940's home has most of the original doors and door knobs still intact and in great shape! Well, they are in more of a shabby state but to me that is great! They doors are solid and full of character with cute glass knobs with brass hardware. I love them! While browsing the antique stores I noticed the same knobs selling for $12.00 and up. The day we moved into our house I spotted a door knob set, both attached, sitting ever so desperatly on the kitchen window ledge outside. YAY! I grabbed them and put them up for a rainy day craft. They make great accents to many projects, but me being the photo lover that I am, decided they would make perfect picture holders!

When I was in high school my room was decorated so crazy. I had bright purple walls with a leopard border, leopard bedding, and a nice zebra carpet to match...I also had collages in all shapes and sizes full of photos and magazine clippings, birthday cards and other memorable papers. It was while reminiscing of my teenage room when i remembered the photo holders that inspired this door knob project. I had these three photo holders, a pink, blue, and purple triangle, all filled with glitter and a wire with a clip on the end to hold my photos. This is the closest image I could find that resembled my old ones.

Mine had glitter, much much cuter haha.

So lets take this idea and give it a more mature makeover. Pretty door knobs it is time for a second chance at life! No more exposure to the elements while growing cobwebs outside on a window ledge, these babies are going to be re-purposed and put on display.